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Parapercis robinsoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Pinguipedidae
Genus:	Parapercis
Species:	P. robinsoni
Binomial name
Parapercis robinsoni Fowler, 1929

Parapercis robinsoni, the smallscale grubfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea to South Africa and north to Pakistan.

Description

Parapercis robinsoni can reach a total length of 30.0 centimetres (11.8 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honour of John Benjamin Romer Robinson (1869–1949), a South African attorney and businessman.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parapercis robinsoni". FishBase. June 2013 version.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order URANOSCOPIFORMES: PINGUIPEDIDAE, CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE, AMMODYTIDAE and URANOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

• Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Mugiloididae. p. 739-741. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

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